Amit Kumar Dahiya (born 15 December 1993) is an Indian wrestler who represented India at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. He was the youngest wrestler ever to represent India at the Olympics while also being the youngest athlete of the 2012 Indian Olympic delegation. In the recently concluded

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’s players’ auction, he has been bought by Olive Global, a technology firm, and will be part of Haryana Hammers wrestling team.

Life and family

Dahiya hails from

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village of

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, Haryana. He comes from a modest background with his father Narender Dahiya employed as a small-scale farmer. He has two brothers Sumit and krishan( jassi) Dahiya Amit started wrestling in second grade at the age of seven, defeating a seventh grade student during a casual match in school. Seeing immense potential, his teachers and his family were encouraged to send him for proper training. He was admitted in the

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of Hansrajji, at that time used only for recreation. After seeing his talent, wrestling coach and former

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and

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medallist

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took him in his Delhi's wrestling training centre at Chhatrasal Stadium,

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Career

2012 Asian Wrestling Championships The 2012 Asian Wrestling Championships were held at the Park Chung-hee Gymnasium in Gumi, South Korea. The event took place from February 16 to February 19, 2012. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman ...

In the opening round of the men's 55 kg freestyle category, Amit faced Ruslan Seksenbaev of

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and beat him 3:0. In the next round, Amit's opponent was

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, losing to him 0:5. With the Japanese grappler reaching the final round, Amit was able to compete in the repechage round. In the first repechage round, his opponent was Alvin Lobriguito of

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whom he beat 3:1 to qualify for the bronze medal bout. Amit was able to win the bronze medal, beating Altinbek Alimbaev of

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3:0.

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In Budapest, Amit won the silver medal n the 55 kg category before losing to the Iranian

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in the gold medal bout. In the first round, Amit faced

, whom he lost to in the Asian Wrestling Championships the previous year but was able to exact revenge and beat him 4:1. His second round opponent was Zoheir Elquaraque of

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whom he beat 4:0. In the quarter-finals, he was up against Angel Escobedo of the USA whom he overcame 4:0 easily. To qualify for the gold medal bout, he was up against Sezer Akguel of

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whom he was able to beat 4:0 easily.

2013 Asian Wrestling Championships

In the tournament in New Delhi, Amit won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 55 kg category, beating

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by 1–0, 5–2 in the gold medal bout. After first round bye, he defeated

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in the quarter-finals, and

ese grappler Fumitaka Morishita in the semi-finals.

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Amit won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 57 kg category, beating Ebikweminomo Welson of

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with a thumping 6-2. In the Round of 16, Amit faced Jean Guyliane Bandoo of

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and won 5:0. His next opponent in the quarter-final round was Bokang Masunyane of

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whom he beat 4:0 comfortably. To qualify for the gold medal match, he faced

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from
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in the semi-finals whom he beat easily 4:0.

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

Amit Kumar unfortunately couldn't repeat his Commonwealth Games feat. He crashed out of the tournament in the first round itself, losing 1:3 to Fumitaka Morishita of
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.

Awards
* Dave Schultz Memorial Tournament - Silver, 2014 * Arjuna Awarde * Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratan * Bheem awarde

External links

Official FILA page of Amit Kumar Dahiya
* Instagram Handle — https://instagram.com/amitdahiya1112?igshid=NzNkNDdiOGI=

References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dahiya, Amit Kumar 1993 births Living people Indian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sport wrestlers from Haryana Olympic wrestlers of India Wrestlers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Wrestlers at the 2014 Asian Games World Wrestling Championships medalists Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Asian Games competitors for India Recipients of the Arjuna Award